Former Eagle to Play Professionally in Germany

Laron Griffin will play for the Hanau White Wings in the German
Pro B League

The Hanau White Wings of the German Pro B League announced
recently the addition of former Eastern Washington University
forward Laron Griffin for the 2012-13 season.

"Laron is a very good rebounder and defensive player,”
said Hanau head coach Hans Beth. “He is hungry and is excited
to play for us now.”

Griffin replaces former BYU player Chris Miles on the White
Wings roster. Hanau was 13-9 last season for a sixth-place finish
in the league’s Group South division.

The 6-foot-8 Griffin played in 92 games for the Eagles in the
last three seasons, starting 62 of them. He made 50.4 percent of
his shots from the field and averaged 6.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and
0.8 blocked shots per game. His 70 career blocked shots ranks fifth
in school history and his 540 rebounds are sixth.

He finished his Eastern career with a flourish, notching
double-doubles in his last three games and averaging a
double-double in the last five games of his career (16.0 points,
10.6 rebounds). He had 18 points and 12 rebounds against Idaho
State on Feb. 28 in a 77-64 Senior Night victory, 21 points and 11
boards in the Big Sky Conference Championship quarterfinals on
March 3 (81-75 victory over ISU) and 15 points and 14 rebounds in
the final game of his career on March 6 in the semifinals (74-66
loss to Montana).

Griffin had only eight total fouls and averaged 34.7 minutes per
game in the final three games after fouling out 13 times in
EWU’s first 29 (his 13 disqualifications led NCAA Division
I). He finished with a school-record 130 fouls as a senior,
breaking the previous record of 114 he set in the 2010-11
season.

Griffin made 62.0 percent of his field goal attempts as a senior
to rank fourth in school history. Griffin had four double-doubles
as a senior and seven in his career, and finished his 92-game
career with 13 performances of at least 10 rebounds (seven as a
senior).

In Big Sky Conference statistics, Griffin was first in field
goal percentage (.620) and offensive rebounds (3.1), and was fourth
overall in rebounding (7.0) and eighth in blocked shots (0.7).

“Laron is solid,” said Eastern head coach
Jim Hayford. “He is an extremely coachable
player and he was definitely our most improved player. He improved
his field goal percentage by almost 25 percent over last season
(.620 as a senior, .436 his junior season and .440 as a sophomore).
He is a great teammate and it was a real joy to be Laron’s
coach.”